Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai

Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai
Mithai Masti
Quick Treats
Published on
Aug 23, 2024

Who doesn’t love a good gulab jamun? Did you know that you only need a few ingredients to whip up this classic dessert at home? Now you too can make mouth-watering gulab jamuns with our easy-to-follow recipe!

Prep time
15 min
Cook time
30 min
Total
45 min
Serves
4
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Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai
Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai
Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai
Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai
Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai
Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk powder
  • 3 tbsp refined flour 
  • 1 tbsp golden raisins 
  • 1 tbsp almond 
  • 1 tbsp pistachios 
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder 
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 300 ml Britannia ghee
  • 1 ltr sugar syrup

How to make :

Gulab Jamun Recipe: India’s Favourite Mithai

  1. In a big mixing bowl, put in 1 cup of milk powder and 3 tbsp of refined flour.
  2. Add about 1 tbsp of golden raisins. 
  3. Crush up 1 tbsp of almond and pistachios and add it to the bowl. 
  4. Season with 1 tsp of cardamom powder and put in ½ tsp of baking powder
  5. Add in about 2 tbsp of milk. Mix and knead well and let it rest for about 15 minutes. 
  6. Separate the dough and make small balls. 
  7. In a saucepan, add ghee for deep frying the gulab jamuns. 
  8. Add your gulab jamuns into the hot ghee and wait for it to become golden brown. 
  9. Once they are cooked through, they will rise to the top. 
  10. Once you have strained the gulab jamuns, drop them in sugar syrup to soak.
  11. Serve it hot!

Special Tip

You can flavour the sugar syrup in various ways for a different gulab jamun flavour. A popular flavour is rose!

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